Louisville 90, Kansas City 62
Louisville, Ky. –(UMKC Media Relations) The No. 7 Louisville Cardinals took advantage of the Kansas City ‘Roos on the glass Wednesday night, leading the entire way and taking a 90-62 win in the first game for head coach Kareem Richardson back at his former school.
“The guys played with tremendous effort tonight, and I was proud of them for that,” Richardson said. “To be honest, we were really able to contain their first shot on defense, but gave up too many offensive rebounds and second chance points... They are the defending champs for a reason and they have a chance to make a run again.”
The Cardinals (7-1) jumped on some of the Kansas City (1-6) nerves in the opening minutes, taking a 21-7 lead by the 12:17 media. The ‘Roos got down by as many as 23 at the 4:34 mark, on a put back by UL’s Montrezl Harrell, but Kansas City settled down a bit from there, and closed the period on a 9-2 run to make it 43-27 at the half.
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Illinois State 75, Chicago State 56
NORMAL, Ill. -(CSU Media Relations) A hot shooting Illinois State second half performance helped the Redbirds defeat Chicago State men's basketball 75-56 at Redbird Arena on Wednesday (Dec. 4) evening. The Cougars were trying to defeat their second straight Missouri Valley Conference team in as many games after defeating Southern Illinois last Saturday.
Chicago State trailed for only four minutes of the first half with the score changing hands just three times in the opening 20 minutes. Both team failed to shoot better than 35 percent in the first half as neither offense found a rhythm but the Cougars went to the locker room at halftime with a 30-28 advantage.
The game changed on a 10-0 Illinois State run in the second half. Illinois State kept Chicago State off the board for a little better than four minutes just after the first media timeout of the second half. The run was capped at the 12:23 mark on free throws by Bobby Hunter to put ISU up 46-39. The Redbirds grabbed their first double-digit lead of the game with just under seven minutes remaining on a pair of free throws by Zach Lofton. ISU followed with a Hunter 3-pointer on the next possession to help put the game away.
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New Mexico 79, New Mexico State 70
LAS CRUCES, N.M. --(AP) Kendall Williams scored 24 points and Cameron Bairstow 20 as New Mexico defeated New Mexico State 79-70 Wednesday night.
Daniel Mullings scored 16 points and Renaldo Dixon 15 for NM State while 7-foot-5 Sim Bhullar and grabbed 10 rebounds.
New Mexico led 39-29 at halftime. The Aggies (7-3) got as close as four points in the second half. The Lobos, whose last field goal came at 2:36, had a 10-point lead with 1:05 left and then ensured the win by making nine free throws. The Aggies fans were called for a technical in the final minute after objects were thrown onto the floor.
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